The Incomplete is an award-winning animated short written & directed by HOPTOONS co-founder, Erfan Parsapour. It tells the story of a hungry Otter who is obsessed with perfection. His desire to live in a perfect world may cost him the chance for happiness in the real world.
The Incomplete has become a nominee at the RIFFA Awards, Goteborg and Alpinale alongside Oscar nominees in the Best International Short Animation category. and also, has been awarded at the Melbourne Phoenix Festival, Los Angles Kids Films Festival, Kadoma Short Film Festival, and many other international festivals for Best Film and Best Directing achievement.
It has also been nominated at SICAF Animation, Anibar 2019, Supermoon Animation Festival & Ridgefield Independent Film Festival.
Erfan Parsapour (Writer & Director)
His paintings and caricatures were his first encounters with the art world which won him great attention as a child. His career as a director has been fruitful, especially in THE INCOMPLETE which brought him several international awards.
He is the founder of HOPTOONS Animation Studios.
Born in 1989 in Tehran, Erfan is a film, animation, and theater writer and director.
His paintings and caricatures were his first encounters with the art world which won him great attention as a child. His career as a director has been fruitful, especially in THE INCOMPLETE which brought him several international awards.
He is the founder of HOPTOONS Animation Studios.
Mazyar Younesi (Composer)
Mazyar is a music composer, pianist & vocalist born in 1983, in Tehran. He holds a Bachelor of Music Theory from Tehran Art and Architecture University & Master of composition from the Art University of Tehran. He also has Studied conducting in Austrian culture forum. Mazyar has been a member of the Tehran Philharmonic Choir (2002–2008), assistant conductor at Academia Orchestra (2008–2012) & conductor and deputy music director of the Austro-Iranian Symphony Orchestra since 2012.
He has composed music for several films, TV serials, theater plays & animations.
Alireza Alavian (Sound Designer)
Born in 1975 in Tehran, Alireza is a highly acclaimed and award-winning sound designer, mixer, and editor and has worked on over 100 short & feature films in Iran and abroad. He won many international awards for his achievements in sound design. He also has three Crystal Simorgh Awards from the Fajr International Film Festival for the films No Date, No Sign (2017), Che (2014), and Anahita (2010). He is a champion of the Dolby Atmos sound system.